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Google Voice Search May be Coming Soon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nothing-like-idle-speculation dept.

vitaly.friedman writes "The master of text-based search could be looking to lend a voice to Internet users everywhere, or so it appears based on Google's latest patent. Patent #7,027,987, issued today by the US Patent and Trademark Office, covers a 'Voice interface for a search engine.'"

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  1. Google Voice Search by tehshen · · Score: 3, Informative

    Haven't they already done a thing like this before? Maybe they've only just patented it. Either way I don't see a story here.

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